We’re here. It’s time for the 2014 midterm elections. And so, we have a show for the ages. We start off with Republican Vin Weber and Democrat Anna Greenberg laying out what’s at stake on November 4th, and what it might mean for the final two years of the Obama presidency. And then we go …
You all know by now — because you’ve been hearing it over and over — that the last time a Republican lost a Senate race in Kansas was 1932. The last time a Democrat was beaten in a West Virginia Senate campaign was 1956. These are serious milestones and we’re watching to see if these …
With most attention this year squarely on which party will control the Senate, it is understandable that the 36 states holding gubernatorial elections are taking a back seat. But between the recent “fangate” flap in Florida and the presidential hopes of Wisconsin’s Scott Walker — not to mention that two of the last three presidents …
The death of legendary “top 40” radio personality Casey Kasem last week is the peg for this week’s Political Junkie column: The top 40 House races of 2014. We still have a ways to go before we know the nominees for all the key contests. And so this list will be updated several times before …
It’s the biggest primary day of the year (so far), with six states holding contests. Here’s what’s at stake: ARKANSAS (polls close at 8:30 pm ET): Senate — Neither incumbent Democrat Mark Pryor, seeking a second term, nor his Republican challenger, freshman Rep. Tom Cotton, is facing a primary challenge. They will square off in …
It’s going to be a long primary season. So maybe we should decide right now that the strength and influence of the Tea Party should not be determined on a week-to-week basis. As Roseann Moring of the Omaha World-Herald reports, the landslide victory of first-time candidate Ben Sasse in the Nebraska GOP Senate primary was heralded as a big win for …
So we’ve had our little teases. A Texas primary here, an Illinois primary there. Throw in a couple of special congressional elections. Nice, but hardly satisfying. Well, starting this month, the primaries come non-stop: three states on Tuesday the 6th, two on the 13th and six more on the 20th. And let’s not forget the …
2014 is an election year, with control of the House and Senate at stake. Host Ken Rudin talks to political analyst Stu Rothenberg about what to watch for. One Senate campaign that is no longer is the one just ended by Liz Cheney in Wyoming; this week she gave up her primary challenge to Republican …